Score & Part
Terraforming : for tuba and piano / Stuart Greenbaum.
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Score & Part [ePDF]
Terraforming : for tuba and piano [eScore] / Stuart Greenbaum.
Work Overview
Terraforming is the theoretical process of modifying a planet or moon's atmosphere, temperature, topography or ecology to create an environment similar enough to Earth to be habitable by humans:
"Recent scientific results suggest that there is not enough CO2 remaining on Mars…;
in addition, most of it is not accessible and cannot be readily mobilized. As a result, terraforming Mars is not possible using present-day technology."
(Jakosky, Edwards, 2018).
Scientific understanding and capability aside, the general notion of making an environment habitable is central to human nature; and as we are increasingly compelled to consider climate change more deeply, terraforming might also influence our thinking as a metaphor for life on Earth.
This work was commissioned by and
written for Ricardo Carvalhoso, who gave the premiere performance
on 30 June 2022 at the Blekinge
International Brass Academy
Amiralitetskyrkan, Karlskrona,
Sweden.
Work Details
Year: 2020
Instrumentation: Tuba, piano.
Duration: 10 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: commissioned by and written for Ricardo Carvalhoso, written in residence at the Visby International Centre for Composers Gotland, Sweden
Performances of this work
30 Jun 22: Blekinge International Brass Academy Amiralitetskyrkan, Karlskrona, Sweden
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